Hartford Police News

September 29, 1995

* Police seized 20 bags of heroin and made two arrests after raiding a Main Street apartment about 7 a.m. Thursday.

Sonia Guadalupe, 33, of 2525 Main St., and Antonio Cruz, 32, of 378 Garden St., were each charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell and sale of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a housing project.

The two were arrested at 2525 Main St., second floor. Police said they also seized $626 from the apartment.

Members of the police vice and narcotics division made the arrests after detectives developed information that heroin was being sold from a second-floor apartment.

* Police posing as drug dealers at the corner of Main and Nelson streets Wednesday arrested 14 people and accused them of trying to purchase narcotics.

The Hartford police street crime unit conducted the drug sting between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. outside 2383 Main St.

The following people were charged with criminal attempt to possess narcotics:

Police said Gant was also arrested on an outstanding warrant, charging him with third-degree criminal trespass, possession of narcotics and first- degree failure to appear in court.

* Police confiscated hundreds of bags of heroin stamped ``Gunfire'' after arresting a man they suspected of being a drug dealer on Albany Avenue Wednesday night.

Pedro Flores, 28, of 72 Vine St., was charged with possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell and sale of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a school.

Detectives in the Hartford police intelligence division arrested Flores about 8 p.m. as he was walking on Albany Avenue.

Police said Flores is a gang member. Police said they seized 34 bags of heroin from Flores. Their arrest then led them to 15 Harrison Place, where they found 419 bags of heroin, all stamped ``Gunfire.''

* A 38-year-old woman was charged with first-degree assault Wednesday night in connection with a domestic dispute that left a male companion hospitalized with a stab wound to the chest.

Theresa Carson, of 242 Cleveland Ave., was arrested a short time after police were called to her address at 9:47 p.m. and found Ronald West, 36, with a stab wound.

West, 36, of the same address, was taken to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where he was listed in satisfactory condition Thursday.

Police said the stabbing was the result of an argument that turned violent between Carson and West.

* Police arrested a 33-year-old city man at his home on Kent Street Wednesday night after being called there to investigate a domestic assault.

Police said Timothy Brown, of 133 Kent St., fled to the attic when they arrived about 11 p.m. In the attic, police discovered a cardboard box containing about 6 pounds of marijuana and $1,386.

Brown was charged with third- degree assault, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and operating a drug factory.

The victim in the domestic assault, 37-year-old Mayleen Brown, declined medical treatment for a cut on her nose.

* A 22-year-old city man wanted on several outstanding warrants was arrested on Ashford Street Wednesday afternoon.

Tyrone Robinson, of 62 Ashford St., was also charged with criminal use of a pistol after police seized a .44-caliber revolver from his home Wednesday.

Robinson was charged on outstanding warrants with possession of narcotics, interfering with police, several charges of failure to appear in court, possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and violation of probation.

Members of the Hartford police intelligence division made the arrest about 2 p.m. after receiving a tip that Robinson could be located on Ashford Street.